Price is Right... Mod abandoned

[xyzzy]

This is the game thread for The Price Is Right Mafia. The thread title will shuffle through various famous quotations from TPIR, but will always be in all caps. The link for the thread will, of course, not change either.

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Eric Angeli peered down at the studio, amazed that any place could have such a huge amount of money connected with it. It was the afternoon preceding the taping of another episode of The Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular, though this time the prize was much grander than that --- the Angeli family had millions already. This one was $1,000,000,000, money provided by a clause in Bob Barker's will. They still called it "Million Dollar Spectacular" for reasons totally beyond Eric. California, baby. They did things funny around here.

The contest was rigged, of course. It only worked if these things were rigged. The producers of this show had long stopped pulling names out of a hat, or whatever it was they did before the technological revolution --- Eric couldn't really care less. What mattered was that they now just used a computer, and three months of rigging the program they used confirmed Eric's suspicion that they didn't check the program they were using to see if the names were really random. Hopefully they wouldn't check them this time, either.

Cyber crime. It was the big thing these days, the real way to get things done. Oh, sure, you could make a few bucks shootin' up rich locals, but the real money was in moving around money in bank accounts, waiting for people to stop watching their funds. Finding websites that transferred credit card numbers non-securely, that sort of thing. The difference, however, was that the Angeli family weren't afraid of real danger. All these fat pimply kids trying to pull off big heists from grandma's basement were failing because they were afraid to put their life on the line for the big catch --- when the Feds showed up, they didn't have the gun ready.

The Angeli's had been in the business of theft and money laundering for decades, but they'd learned not to stay visible. Let the big boys run the casinos and the whore houses and the speakeasies; those types were all in prison. The Angeli's had remained strong because they did everything perfectly but didn't do much. Assassination, money laundering, things like that which everyone noticed but none could trace. Moving money around was the most successful industry a man could be in. It was still dangerous, and rigging a game so that your associates could come into contact with a Big One Bill was just the sort of thing that fit that. Someone was going to win that money, and making sure that it was someone close to the Angeli's was discreet but big.

Six of the people in the studio audience would be associated with the Angeli's (though there would be no one from the main line of the Angeli family), and they would be members of a pool of fifteen people who might be chosen to "come on down!" All that was left was to inform the six of who else would be working with them; if one of them won the billion dollars, they'd split the winnings, so it made sense for them to work together if possible.

Two members of the family were put in charge of informing the contestants-to-be of who they were working with; it was decided that none of them should have ever met each other. However, those two people were both misinformed of the details of the scam, and as a result the friends of the family had the same misinformation: all believed that they only had two partners, and as a result they were split into groups of three. However, they'd all been told repeatedly that they'd be in a group of six...

REALLY RIGHTEOUS ROLE ROUNDUP

mafia group 1

Hi! You're a member of the first group of Mafiosos in the Angeli family --- actually, you're just a friend of the family. Anyway, you happen to be in a group of three people ([NAMES GO HERE]) trying to win some cash, even though you're absolutely sure there's supposed to be six of you. It just doesn't make any sense! Anyway, you will get a share of the winnings if one of the six people working with the Angeli's wins the money. Capiche?

mafia group 2

You aren't really sure what's up with those crazy Angeli's, dude. I mean, they told you three times that you'd be in a group of six people trying to earn some cold, hard cash --- one billion dollars, to be exact. But you were told that your group was just [NAMES GO HERE], and so there's only three people. Go figure, it's the Mafia. They probably went and died or something. Anyway, when you're not Plinkoing or something, you should be trying to get either your buddies or some of those other three Angeli's the money, but that's gonna be hard when you don't have any idea who they are, now isn't it?

random person

So, you finally turned eighteen and got tickets to The Price Is Right! Woo hoo! Well, don't tell anyone I said this, but you're secretly required to help hold up justice's mighty hand, since I guess justice has arthritis or something? I'm sorry for that metaphor. Any way, some how you know that there's some bad people working together, and if they don't get the money, that'll translate to a moral victory for you, which is really the best kind of victory. Good luck stopping... uh... the forces of evil you've magically been informed of.

RAMBUNCTIOUSLY ROTE RULES

rules

RULE ONE: Mechanics.

Each part of this game (for, though this is a mafia game, it's not really accurate to use words like day and night --- this is the fabulous

sixty minute

Price Is Right, after all) will have voting. All fifteen of you will retain your vote for the entire game, and it'll always take eight votes to do something. There's four different things to vote on - "Come On Down", "Contestant's Row", "The Big Wheel", and "Showcase Showdown". At the beginning of the game, four people will be voted on for COD; then one of those four will be voted on to win CR. Then, another contestant who hasn't been voted on for COD will be voted on for COD. This will be repeated until three people have been voted on for CR. Those three people will be voted on for TBW; then the whole procedure will be repeated so there's always four people who've been voted to COD to vote for in CR. Once two people have been voted on for TBW, those two will be voted on by the players for SS. The winner of SS will win the game; so will that person's team.

RULE TWO: Be nice!

Treat each other nicely. Don't complain that others are being mean, or ask to be replaced because of your inability to cooperate with them. Don't yell at me if I make mistakes; this is a no-reveal game, so they're not too hard to correct. Don't talk to other people unless it's pregame and you're a member of the Mafia. Don't insult people or be antagonistic for no reason but to be a jerk. Treat this game as a responsibility; treat all other players fairly, and don't intentionally hurt your team. Play to have fun and hopefully win, and good luck!

playerlist

1. Empking
   
2. TheSweatpantsNinja
   ZONEACE
   
3. iLord
   
4. DrippingGoofball - second to Come On Down
   
5. ShadowLurker
   
6. Stark
   Battle Mage
   
7. populartajo
   
8. Kinetic - first to Come On Down
   
9. DragonsofSummer
   
10. RossWilliam
    
11. StrangerCoug
    
12. qwintz
    
13. mikeburnfire
    SensFan
    
14. Ribwich
    
15. Max

[xyzzy]

All PMs have been sent; please /confirm in thread. Scum who know each other may talk to each other pre-game.

[xyzzy]

Almost --- the two players who aren't voted to win at The Big Wheel the first time don't remain in; they are no longer able to win.

[xyzzy]

[xyzzy]

Uh. Guys?

The game hasn't started yet. SweatpantsNinja hasn't opened his PM yet; if he doesn't do that in the next 48 hours, I'll replace him.

I'm fine with you discussing the game (and scum groups can still talk right now), but until I've said something like, "the game has now started, it's Come On Down #1", voting and other such things mean nothing.

[xyzzy]

ZONEACE replaces TheSweatpantsNinja.

[xyzzy]

While one player hasn't confirmed in thread, all players have picked up their PMs.

Day One is GO!

Just so you know, voting before day one means nothing at all.

[xyzzy]

Holy votecount, Batman! Antivotes? FoSses? Neutering? That's off the chain.

votecount 1-1

iLord: populartajo, RossWilliam, Empking
DrippingGoofball: DragonsofSummer, iLord, Max, StrangerCoug, qwints
ShadowLurker: ZONEACE

Not voting: Empking, iLord, DrippingGoofball, ShadowLurker, Stark, Kinetic mikeburnfire, Ribwich, Max

Prodding stark and any others who haven't posted since /confirming. If you wish to have a prod on a player, mention it in-thread in bold.

[xyzzy]

Battle Mage replaces Stark.

Will try ot get a votecount up soon.

[xyzzy]

votecount 1-2

iLord: populartajo, RossWilliam, Empking
DrippingGoofball: DragonsofSummer, iLord, Max, StrangerCoug, qwints
ShadowLurker: ZONEACE
ZONEACE: ShadowLurker

Not voting: DrippingGoofball, Battle Mage, Kinetic, mikeburnfire, Ribwich

LOL, one real vote changed in 4 pages.

Edit: Fixed "not voting" section.

[xyzzy]

votecount 1-3

iLord: populartajo, RossWilliam, Empking, DrippingGoofball
DrippingGoofball: DragonsofSummer, iLord, Max, qwints
ShadowLurker: ZONEACE, Battle Mage
Battle Mage: ShadowLurker
populartajo: StrangerCoug

Not voting: DrippingGoofball, Kinetic, mikeburnfire, Ribwich

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votecount 1-4

iLord: populartajo, RossWilliam, Empking, DrippingGoofball
DrippingGoofball: DragonsofSummer, iLord, Max, qwints
ShadowLurker: ZONEACE, Battle Mage
Battle Mage: ShadowLurker
populartajo: StrangerCoug

Not voting: DrippingGoofball, Kinetic, mikeburnfire, Ribwich

This is identical to the last votecount. That's funny.

[xyzzy]

SensFan replaces mikeburnfire

[xyzzy]

votecount 1-5

iLord: populartajo, RossWilliam, Empking, DrippingGoofball
DrippingGoofball: DragonsofSummer, iLord, Max, ShadowLurker
ShadowLurker: ZONEACE, Battle Mage
populartajo: StrangerCoug
Kinetic: qwintz, Kinetic

Not voting: DrippingGoofball, mikeburnfire, Ribwich

"I don't understand," says someone from the audience. "We've been playing the theme music for hours, and some dudes and/or dudettes are talking about votes, antivotes, and psuedovotes? What does it all mean??

[xyzzy]

They're still trying to win a NEEEEEEEEEEW CAAAAAAAAAAH

[xyzzy]

votecount 1-6

iLord: populartajo, RossWilliam
DrippingGoofball: DragonsofSummer, Max, ShadowLurker
ShadowLurker: ZONEACE
populartajo: StrangerCoug
Kinetic: qwintz, Kinetic, Ribwich, SensFan, iLord, Empking, DrippingGoofball, Battle Mage

Not voting: DrippingGoofball

KINETIC, COME ON DOWN!!!

"Day" two has started. Pick someone besides Kinetic to Come On Down.

[xyzzy]

votecount 2-1

StrangerCoug: StrangerCoug, qwintz
DrippingGoofball: iLord, ShadowLurker, Battle Mage
ribwich: ribwich, Kinetic

Not voting: DrippingGoofball, SensFan, Empking, DrippingGoofball, ZONEACE, DragonsofSummer, Max, populartajo, RossWilliam

Sorry for the delays in votecounts. I've been rather busy lately; hopefully this will change soon.

Sending out prods to anyone who hasn't posted fairly recently.

[xyzzy]

votecount 2-2

DrippingGoofball: iLord, ShadowLurker, Battle Mage, qwints
ribwich: ribwich, Kinetic, Empking, StrangerCoug

Not voting: DrippingGoofball, SensFan, DrippingGoofball, ZONEACE, DragonsofSummer, Max, populartajo, RossWilliam

Since it's been nearly two weeks since DoS said he was V/LA, I'm replacing him. Will try to get that done quickly.

[xyzzy]

votecount 2-3

DrippingGoofball: ShadowLurker, Battle Mage, qwints, Max, DrippingGoofball, Kinetic, StrangerCoug, iLord
ribwich: ribwich, Empking

Not voting: SensFan, ZONEACE, DragonsofSummer, populartajo, RossWilliam

DrippingGoofball moves on to Contestant's Row.

It is now "day" three.

Still replacement hunting. Reprodding at behest of SL. Make sure you bold things like that; I might miss it otherwise.

[xyzzy]

They are; check the list of people who are in the game.

[xyzzy]

sorry for not updating, will try to do this afternoon